Buffon Islands

Buffon Islands
Buffon Islands
Location in Antarctica
Geography
Location Antarctica
Coordinates 66°40′S 140°1′E / 66.667°S 140.017°E / -66.667; 140.017Coordinates: 66°40′S 140°1′E / 66.667°S 140.017°E / -66.667; 140.017
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population Uninhabited

The Buffon Islands are a group of three adjoining, rocky islands, together about 0.5 kilometres (0.25 nmi) in extent, lying 0.2 kilometres (0.1 nmi) east of Petrel Island in the Geologie Archipelago. They were charted in 1951 by the French Antarctic Expedition and named by them for Georges Buffon, a noted French naturalist.[1]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Buffon Islands". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2011-10-04.

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